We all have friends, family, colleagues and neighbors negatively impacted by COVID-19. Don’t we? Some are either sick, recovering, retrenched or struggling to get needed medications and food supplies in the ongoing lockdown, which simply means they need the good old empathy and compassion.
In many ways, we are in uncharted territory. Even the foremost experts in infectious disease control and prevention can’t tell us where the COVID-19 pandemic is heading, and when it will cease to plague our communities. Many cities, including those in metro Detroit, are on necessary lock-down. And the longer the lock-down, the more it becomes obvious…
I am yet to come across an individual or organization that would rather have people think the worst of them. We all want people to think of us as good, smart, efficient, effective and reliable – just as we think of ourselves. Don’t we? But people are not bound to see us the way we see ourselves.
Shackled by an addiction he could not overcome, Isaac called our city streets home for six long, painful years.
It was a cold January day when he finally came through the Mission doors. He was freezing, starving, and desperate to change his life.
So many lives have been saved and changed thanks to your partnership in 2019.* Take a moment now to count the numbers, see the faces, and know that you’re having a HUGE impact in the lives of families and individuals who are hungry, homeless, and hopeless in Detroit.
The fact is, I love surprising people because I love making people, especially the less fortunate among us, happy. That’s why pleasant surprises have become a staple at the annual graduation ceremony we host at our big banquet facility in Detroit.